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Q: How to get previous month and year relative to today, using strtotime and date? I need to get previous month and year, relative to current date.
However, see following example.
// Today is 2011-03-30
echo date('Y-m-d', strtotime('last month'));

// Output:
2011-03-02

This behavior is understandable (to a certain point), due to different number of days in february and march, and code in example above is what I need, but works only 100% correctly for between 1st and 28th of each month.
So, how to get last month AND year (think of date("Y-m")) in the most elegant manner as possible, which works for every day of the year? Optimal solution will be based on strtotime argument parsing.
Update. To clarify requirements a bit.
I have a piece of code that gets some statistics of last couple of months, but I first show stats from last month, and then load other months when needed. That's intended purpose. So, during THIS month, I want to find out which month-year should I pull in order to load PREVIOUS month stats.
I also have a code that is timezone-aware (not really important right now), and that accepts strtotime-compatible string as input (to initialize internal date), and then allows date/time to be adjusted, also using strtotime-compatible strings.
I know it can be done with few conditionals and basic math, but that's really messy, compared to this, for example (if it worked correctly, of course):
echo tz::date('last month')->format('Y-d')

So, I ONLY need previous month and year, in a strtotime-compatible fashion.
Answer (thanks, @dnagirl):
// Today is 2011-03-30
echo date('Y-m-d', strtotime('first day of last month')); // Output: 2011-02-01

A: strtotime have second timestamp parameter that make the first parameter relative to second parameter. So you can do this:
date('Y-m', strtotime('-1 month', time()))

A: Have a look at the DateTime class. It should do the calculations correctly and the date formats are compatible with strttotime.  Something like:
$datestring='2011-03-30 first day of last month';
$dt=date_create($datestring);
echo $dt->format('Y-m'); //2011-02

A: if i understand the question correctly you just want last month and the year it is in:
<?php

  $month = date('m');
  $year = date('Y');
  $last_month = $month-1%12;
  echo ($last_month==0?($year-1):$year)."-".($last_month==0?'12':$last_month);

?>

Here is the example: http://codepad.org/c99nVKG8

A: ehh, its not a bug as one person mentioned. that is the expected behavior as the number of days in a month is  often different. The easiest way to get the previous month using strtotime would probably be to use -1 month from the first of this month.
$date_string = date('Y-m', strtotime('-1 month', strtotime(date('Y-m-01'))));

A: if the day itself doesn't matter do this:
echo date('Y-m-d', strtotime(date('Y-m')." -1 month"));

A: I found an answer as I had the same issue today which is a 31st. It's not a bug in php as some would suggest, but is the expected functionality (in some since). According to this post what strtotime actually does is set the month back by one and does not modify the number of days. So in the event of today, May 31st, it's looking for April-31st which is an invalid date. So it then takes April 30 an then adds 1 day past it and yields May 1st.
In your example 2011-03-30, it would go back one month to February 30th, which is invalid since February only has 28 days. It then takes difference of those days (30-28 = 2) and then moves two days past February 28th which is March 2nd.
As others have pointed out, the best way to get "last month" is to add in either "first day of" or "last day of" using either strtotime or the DateTime object:
// Today being 2012-05-31
//All the following return 2012-04-30
echo date('Y-m-d', strtotime("last day of -1 month"));
echo date('Y-m-d', strtotime("last day of last month"));
echo date_create("last day of -1 month")->format('Y-m-d');

// All the following return 2012-04-01
echo date('Y-m-d', strtotime("first day of -1 month"));
echo date('Y-m-d', strtotime("first day of last month"));
echo date_create("first day of -1 month")->format('Y-m-d');

So using these it's possible to create a date range if your making a query etc.

A: I think you've found a bug in the strtotime function. Whenever I have to work around this, I always find myself doing math on the month/year values. Try something like this:
$LastMonth = (date('n') - 1) % 12;
$Year      =  date('Y') - !$LastMonth;

A: date("m-Y", strtotime("-1 months"));

would solve this

A: If you want the previous year and month relative to a specific date and have DateTime available then you can do this:
$d = new \DateTimeImmutable('2013-01-01', new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
$firstDay = $d->modify('first day of previous month');
$year = $firstDay->format('Y'); //2012
$month = $firstDay->format('m'); //12

A: date('Y-m', strtotime('first day of last month'));

A: Perhaps slightly more long winded than you want, but i've used more code than maybe nescessary in order for it to be more readable.
That said, it comes out with the same result as you are getting - what is it you want/expect it to come out with?
//Today is whenever I want it to be.
$today = mktime(0,0,0,3,31,2011);

$hour   = date("H",$today);
$minute = date("i",$today);
$second = date("s",$today);
$month  = date("m",$today);
$day    = date("d",$today);
$year   = date("Y",$today);

echo "Today: ".date('Y-m-d', $today)."<br/>";
echo "Recalulated: ".date("Y-m-d",mktime($hour,$minute,$second,$month-1,$day,$year));

If you just want the month and year, then just set the day to be '01' rather than taking 'todays' day:
 $day = 1;

That should give you what you need.  You can just set the hour, minute and second to zero as well as you aren't interested in using those.
 date("Y-m",mktime(0,0,0,$month-1,1,$year);

Cuts it down quite a bit ;-)

A: This is because the previous month has less days than the current month. I've fixed this by first checking if the previous month has less days that the current and changing the calculation based on it.
If it has less days get the last day of -1 month else get the current day -1 month:
if (date('d') > date('d', strtotime('last day of -1 month')))
{
    $first_end = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('last day of -1 month'));
}
else
{
    $first_end = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-1 month'));
}

A: If a DateTime solution is acceptable this snippet returns the year of last month and month of last month avoiding the possible trap when you run this in January.
function fn_LastMonthYearNumber()
{
 $now = new DateTime();
 $lastMonth = $now->sub(new DateInterval('P1M'));
 $lm= $lastMonth->format('m');
 $ly= $lastMonth->format('Y');
 return array($lm,$ly);
}

A: //return timestamp, use to format month, year as per requirement
function getMonthYear($beforeMonth = '') {
    if($beforeMonth !="" && $beforeMonth >= 1) {
        $date = date('Y')."-".date('m')."-15";
        $timestamp_before = strtotime( $date . ' -'.$beforeMonth.' month' );
        return $timestamp_before;
    } else {
        $time= time();
        return $time;
    }
}

//call function
$month_year = date("Y-m",getMonthYear(1));// last month before  current month
$month_year = date("Y-m",getMonthYear(2)); // second last month before current month

A: function getOnemonthBefore($date){
    $day = intval(date("t", strtotime("$date")));//get the last day of the month
    $month_date = date("y-m-d",strtotime("$date -$day days"));//get the day 1 month before
    return $month_date;
}

The resulting date is dependent to the number of days the input month is consist of. If input month is february (28 days), 28 days before february 5 is january 8. If input is may 17, 31 days before is april 16. Likewise, if input is may 31, resulting date will be april 30.
NOTE: the input takes complete date ('y-m-d') and outputs ('y-m-d') you can modify this code to suit your needs.

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NEW YORK – Responding to reports that President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate General James Mattis to serve as Secretary of Defense, Naureen Shah, director of Amnesty International USA's Security with Human Rights Program, released the following statement:
"General Mattis' murky and conflicting views on human rights raise serious questions that must be answered during his confirmation process.
"If confirmed, General Mattis would wield tremendous power, including the ability to order torture and flood Guantanamo with new detainees held without charge. General Mattis has said that those at Guantanamo should be held indefinitely – even though nearly all have been held without charge for more than a decade. However, he is reported to have rejected torture as a useful method of interrogation in conversations with President-elect Trump.
"The U.S. cannot hold moral high ground and will never be seen as leader on human rights if it returns to torture and continues to hold people indefinitely without charge. During the confirmation process, General Mattis must clarify these contradictory statements and commit to safeguarding human rights.
"We have real concerns about human rights in a Trump Administration, and we will demand that the Senate press General Mattis about his specific views and positions."
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SEATTLE (AP) - Upscale department store chain Nordstrom Inc. reported a 47 percent jump in second-quarter earnings on solid sales growth, and it raised its profit outlook for the year.
The Seattle-based company said Thursday it earned $162 million, or 95 cents per share, in the quarter that ended Aug. 4. That's up from $110 million, or 65 cents per share, a year ago.
The results topped the 83 cents per share that analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research expected.
Nordstrom's stock was up almost 8 percent in after-hours trading following the release of the earnings report.
The department store operator posted revenue of $4.07 billion in the latest quarter, which also beat Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.99 billion.
Department store companies have been under pressure because more people are shopping online or at discount retailers. Nordstrom said 34 percent of its sales came through digital channels in the quarter, up from 29 percent a year ago.
Nordstrom said it now expects full-year earnings to be $3.50 to $3.65 per share, with revenue in the range of $15.4 billion to $15.5 billion. Previously it had predicted earnings between $3.35 and $3.55 and revenue between $15.2 billion and $15.4 billion.
In its full-price division, which consists of Nordstrom U.S. full-scale stores, Nordstrom.com, Trunk Club, revenue at stores open at least a year rose 4.1 percent. The top merchandise categories were children's clothes and beauty.
In the off-price sector, which consists of Nordstrom U.S. Rack stores, Nordstromrack.com/HauteLook and Last Chance clearance stores, comparable sales increased 4 percent.


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Catharina Blaauwendraad (Breda, 1 december 1965) is een Nederlandse dichteres en vertaler.

Na op diverse plaatsen in Nederland te hebben gewoond, Blaauwendraads vader was dominee, vestigde zij zich 1984 in Amsterdam. Later woonde zij in Sankt Sebastian, Oostenrijk.

In 1989 debuteerde zij in het literaire blad De Tweede Ronde, waaraan zij in de loop van de daaropvolgende jaren veel bijdragen zou leveren. Ook trad ze een aantal malen op als gastredacteur voor dit blad.
Tot een eerste bundeling van haar gedichten kwam het in 2004, toen Niet ik beheers de taal verscheen in poëziereeks De Windroos. Blaauwendraad vertaalde veel poëzie, waaronder Honderd liefdessonnetten van Pablo Neruda.

Bibliografie
 Niet ik beheers de taal. Haarlem, Uitgeversmaatschappij Holland, serie De Windroos, 2004
 Beroepsgeheim. Amsterdam, Nieuw Amsterdam Uitgevers, 2009

Externe link
 Website Catharina Blaauwendraad

Nederlands dichter

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It is not sufficient to acknowledge that some very basic values operated differently in Indigenous culture…we must also come to terms with the concept of evidence. Much of our awareness of evidence privileges the first expression. It is very important to Western notions of reality that we determine what the origin of something is, for then we are convinced that we have discovered the "real" meaning of an phenomenon. From this conviction of the primacy of the first place in antiquity, we have constructed a civilization that idolizes the past…Christianity, for example, finds the story of the Garden of Eden so convincing that it has come to believe that all people have a sinful flaw brought about by the first ancestors eating a forbidden fruit. Concepts of history are built upon these models of the past and current issues are "explained" by reference to the past. Yet the notion of a past has implications for how time will be experienced, and Indigenous peoples' stories do not place the same stress on the historical past and the earth's origins as we do. We need to keep in mind Ross' insight about Mi'kmaq language, for it has a bearing on the perception of time among these Algonquian-speaking peoples; the point is also evident among other language systems:
"The use of verbs rather than noun subjects and objects is important; it means that there are very few fixed and rigid objects in the Mi'kmaq worldview. What they see is the great flux, external transformation, and an interconnected order of time, space and events" (Ross, Returning 115).
Consequently, time is oriented to the creation and development of new perspectives and openness to other interpretations. Chamberlin may be correct in his argument that…"the remedy for the dispossession of Indigenous historical discourses, and therefore of Indigenous history, may ultimately lie less in recovering the realities of the past than in encouraging the imagination of those who will shape the stories in the present." (1999, 85) Were this stance to be taken seriously, it is obvious that our courts of law would necessarily have to adjust the process of justice, as well as the primacy it gives to the history of a person from a judicial perspective, for this perspective on time seems to be of seminal importance in comprehending the Indigenous sense of Nature's Law, for if a shift were to take place in the reading of past acts, inserting them rather into other patterns of behaviour, then understanding Indigenous claims would make much more sense.
At the very least, Nature's Law is much less committed to privileging one kind of understanding about time's meanings.
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‡ This street art drone spreads airborne graffiti.
Two years ago, the world's first street art drone heralded a new age of urban art. Now, an MIT professor plans to remote-paint walls and surfaces with an elaborate-slash-ingenious "Paint by Drone" quadcopter formation.
April 30th, 2015, a dark night on Broadway. For the past six weeks, super model Kendall Jenner has been seducing passers-by from a six-story billboard. But hang on, what's that? A small, buzzing flying object approaches the top of the beauty's nose. A shaky red line appears over her eye and segues into a spidery whorl. The remote-controlled quadcopter turns away and disappears. Nobody seems to have noticed the property damage, but the very next day a clip of the event becomes a viral YouTube hit.
Icarus One, the world's first graffiti drone and the brainchild of NYC graffiti legend Katsu, is launching a new era of street art. And what started out with a crude scribble is set to evolve into something far more sophisticated and impressive: Carlo Ratti, director of the renowned MIT Senseable City Labs, plans to push this art form with a far more intricate system – and within the given legal framework.
Instead of a single drone, his "Paint by Drone" uses four of the flying high-tech miracles. Just like a regular printer, each of these applies one of the four CMYK colors. The entire process is controlled by an app: Artists simply upload their own design and "Paint by Drone" takes care of the rest. Sometime this year, Ratti plans to paint the first examples of his drone graffiti art on scaffolding covers in Berlin and Turin, also involving the public in the creative process.
Rotor-powered urban art: Drones are taking over.
Street art drones: curse or blessing?
David Speed of London-based mural service Graffiti Life is clearly excited by the potential this novel flying object suggests. "Drone graffiti is an exciting new development in the evolution of the art form. While some might say that having a 'robot' create graffiti diminishes the artwork – and while I obviously can't see the future – I feel that, at least during my lifetime, hand-painted art will not disappear. The drone is not here to replace modern graffiti, it just opens the door for innovation and new possibilities in using technology to create art."
At the same time, Speed's work for Graffiti Life is all about actual results. "I use whatever method promises to deliver the best results," he states. "So, if drones help me realize my vision, I will use them in the future."
Within the street art scene, few protagonists actually doubt the usefulness of this new medium; most consider the spraying drone "simply a cool tool." Katsu himself offers his own vision and explanation: "I have this small vision of me lying in bed – like in a video game – and sending out drones from my bedroom window that cover the entire city in tags and then return to my bedside."
"Graffiti artists are rebellious by nature," adds Speed. "Since rules do not apply, they are always searching for new ways to make their mark – from stickers and stencils to drones and, who knows, perhaps even graffiti in virtual space?"
Artists control their visuals via app.
The bane of robotic art
Nobody wants to be called a Luddite, but behind closed doors, some people do voice their skepticism. Do robots and automation take away some of the genre's romantic luster and artistic aura?
Urban artists have always had somethings of a superhero – or cartoon villain – mystique. As if carried by magic wings or eerie powers, they scale bridges and façades during the darkest night to leave the public marveling at their tags, pieces, and designs by early daybreak. Some, like Banksy, even seem to disappear into thin air straight after creating their ephemeral works. Doesn't risk-free, sofa-based, and remote-controlled spraying violate the scene's unwritten code of honor?
Another aspect – potential property damage – is even more problematic and an issue that can affect (and taint) the very best street art. So, an officially sanctioned, legal performance like the one planned by Carlo Ratti might be a better pilot project. Most of all, as with any technology or tool, it remains down to the user whether this technology's use benefits or harms society.
In terms of flying artistic "warfare," owners of large public works and transit authorities have actually beaten both Katsu and Carlo Ratti to the punch: German railroad company Deutsche Bahn has been operating an anti-graffiti drone fleet since 2013 to track illegal sprayers with thermal imaging cameras. The jury's out, though, on whether they have also already developed (and deployed) an anti-drone drone to keep their walls and trains squeaky clean in this new era of airborne art.
Aerosol art high above street level.
All images, incl. the header image: Carlo Ratti Associati. The title image has been modified
This street art drone spreads airborne graffiti.
Street art deserves this museum.
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Scream 4 review: Best one since the first
I had to admit I had some very low expectations for this one, which helped enjoy it ultimately. Especially when Wes Craven pretty much publicly disowned it (see previous post on the subject), when Ehren Krueger (from Scream 3) took over scriptwriting duties from original creator Kevin Williamson halfway through the production. And I was worried about the whole updating to the 2010's thing, which promised some tiresome twitter/facebook/youtube name check.
Yet after the very amusing prologue with a couple of great cameos (I won't spoilt them!), what I thought was just going to be at first a competent but unremarkable and probably unnecessary sequel, turned out to be a very pleasant surprise, which I am not afraid to say it, is on par with the original as far as I am concerned, especially thanks to a great third act that reserved a few surprises.
Behind you!
You do get the feeling that Wes Craven took this seriously, and he has managed to craft some very effective scares. Of course it is all in the "silence followed by loud noise" variety, which has been done a million times before, but it still works, and the new Scream is also a pacier experience. One of the weakness of the original trilogy was the lack of gore and this has certainly been addressed, with more murders and more bloody mayhem (hell you even get to see some guts spilling out of a body!) without descending into Saw territory either.
As much it has a almost become a swear word, bored that we all are with post-modernism in pop culture, I did actually find the script to be "smart". The much dreaded update to the 2010's of Twitter, i-phone and facebook was actually cleverly done, and the ending was a very relevant mirror to the times we live in (I cannot expend on that without spoiling the it!)
Of course there are a few flaws. By upping the numbers and getting straight into the action, the film does not quite give enough time to all its characters unlike what the original did. Neve Campbell's character is just too unidimensional, with her underwritten part that gives her little more to play than the eternal victim. Even Courtney Cox's character, Gayle Weather, who is given some killer lines and a kick ass attitude at first, takes a back seat as the film goes on.
And while the first three had fun with the concept of playing with the rules of a horror movie, then of sequels and finally trilogies, the whole "New decade, new rules" idea is all over the place and just does not work. We are never really properly explained what these new rules are supposed to be, and have few examples of threequels/reboots to compare them to. If anything, had we really followed the rules of the threequels, this should have been set in space, just like Leprechaun 4 (in space!), Hellraiser 4 (in space!), Jason X(in space, although fair enought that was actually number 10!).
But that did not spoil my enjoyment. The new cast, even if most of them are early Ghostface fodder, manage to shine through (especially the sassy Hayden Panettiere from Heroes) and there is never a dull moment. Sure it might not be particularly original, but then again, compared to the wave of woeful slashers of the last decade, this has got to rank as one of the best! I particularly recommend watching it in the biggest screen you can find, with a full audience of adoring fans as I did, for a fuller experience.
Given its lacklustre opening week end ($19m) it is unlikely we will get to see a fifth one, plus I truly do not know where they can go from there. It might not have been enough to kick start a new trilogy, but it is most definitely a more fitting conclusion to the franchise than Scream 3.
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When I was given the assignment of writing this blog the introductory premise was, "There are few people who are naturally happy", hence the need to make the affirmative choice to pursue happiness. So in the interest of full disclosure, I will start with the fact that I think I'm naturally happy. I willingly embrace a sometimes characterization of me as a "Pollyanna" (not necessarily offered as a compliment) and I freely admit to having bought myself a Life is Good "Naturally Optimistic" t-shirt because I think it suits me. Bottom line, either through nature or nurture, I am a glass half full kind of gal. And I feel incredibly lucky to be that way.
But rest assured, sad hard reality upending stuff happens to me just like everybody else. Loss of dear loved ones, debilitating chronic illness, business setbacks, relationship disappointments, and the election of our current President, to name a few. So what do I do then?
While it had never occurred to me before, during the opportunity of writing this blog I realized that the method I use to deal personally with these very difficult inevitabilities is the same method I use to practice my trade.
I am a trial lawyer. Which means I am a storyteller. Not a "story" teller in the lying sense so often attributed to lawyers, but in the Mind Body Align sense. I am a playwright. Facts are facts, yes, but there is surely more than one way to honestly perceive every fact. It is what it is, but what is it?
As a trial attorney, it is my job to convincingly construct and communicate my chosen reality within a given set of facts. At court I script, cast, costume, set design and act in a reality play. In a trial, I need to convince a judge or jury. In my life, I need to convince myself.
At court and in my own life I get to choose who will be called as a witness and who is left off the list. I choose what answers are evoked by what questions I ask. I choose what physical evidence is showcased and what gets left in the drawer. I choose to focus on and I choose to ignore. And before long, my reality has emerged.
Two examples from my life come to mind.
When my mother died, someone commented: "the deeper the love, the deeper the loss." The loss of my mother cut deep, and more than 20 years later, can still bring a tear to the eye. My focus though is on the good times we shared, not the important moments in my life and that of my children that we were not able to share together. My choice for the story of the death of my mother is the love story, not the loss story.
On the anniversary of when the Twin Towers were brought down in New York City, Mr. Rogers, of PBS children's television fame, gave advice on talking with children about the tragedy and advised focusing on "the helpers". He said, "If you look for the helpers, you will know there is hope." My choice is to find the hope, not focus on despair.
In the face of what I considered our country's choice in favor of very obvious racism, misogyny, lying, and economic advantage taking, I was devastated. I was angry. Anger is different than sadness but in my experience, it was equally, if not more, mutually inconsistent with happiness. And as good a spin doctor as I am, I couldn't shake it.
Then one day I saw that Claudia Cummins was doing a "Meditation for Action" event, co-hosted by Annamarie Fernyak at the Butterfly House. I had never meditated before but it sounded like a fit for what I needed. I went and it was.
It was the start of my mindfulness journey that has continued through ongoing participation, mostly at the Butterfly House or events they sponsor, with meditation, yoga, retreats, Coffee Talks, Align Times, book references, and just plain good thought provoking conversation.
That journey has helped bring me back to the importance of an awareness of the moment, even as it sits in the arc of history. It is a "practice" that like practice at anything builds muscle memory. It has made it easier for me, at any particular point in time, to affirmatively choose what I focus on and what I ignore. It has made me a better trial attorney in litigating my own perception of the events in my life. It has made it easier for me to choose happiness in all aspects of my life.
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Dictionary.com includes a definition for "neighbor" that I find both literally and figuratively fitting to the Mind Body Align experience. It reads: "a person who shows kindliness or helpfulness toward his or her fellow humans." With neighbors like these, the pursuit of happiness is made all the sweeter. Lucky me, lucky us!
The views and opinions of this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy, opinions or views of Mind Body Align or it's employees.
Cathy Goldman moved to Mansfield in fifth grade and happily calls it home still to this day. After stints at the University of Vermont and OSU Law School, Cathy began her law career at the Richland County Prosecutor's Office. While there Cathy handled hundreds of cases including the trial of multiple crimes of violence from simple Assault through Murder. Her professional experience also includes serving as a Magistrate with both the Common Pleas and Juvenile Courts which included responsibility for a child abuse, neglect and dependency docket. Cathy is now a partner at the law firm of Weldon, Huston & Keyser where she specializes in all aspects of Family Law. Cathy and her husband Paul are avid travelers, both within the USA and around the world. Gardening and outdoor play keep her grounded. Her three 20-something sons and daughter in law continue to bring her joy from both near and far.


Having struggled with chronic illness for most of my children's school age lives I am always on the lookout for excellent materials that fit within my educational philosophies, but can also be done by the children independently or with minimal help or oversight by me. Video, audio and computer resources especially have been a huge help - very much like having tutors on tap.
Below, I have listed resources that we have used in the past - or are currently using - that have helped make it possible to continue to give our children an excellent education at home, in spite of challenging circumstances. I've also included some materials that we haven't used yet, but may at some point. It is not a complete list, but these are our favorites, most relied upon, or hope-to-use.
Starfall.com This is a great, free online reading program. Very well done and I have only come across one or two mildly objectionable things. You can upgrade to even more features (including math games) for an inexpensive yearly subscription fee.
Latin for Children This is one we have not done yet, but I have my eye on it. We love Song School Latin and other products from Classical Academic Press (see below) so I plan to use this or the DVD version soon. CAP also offers online teacher led courses.
Classics for Kids This is a wonderful resource for composer study! I need to use this more.
Veritas Press Self - Paced Online History We love these! We completed the Old Testament and Ancient Egypt course and are part way through Explorers to 1815. They also now offer Bible courses and courses for older students. These are packed with information and taught classically with lots of memory work accomplished by games, review and timeline songs. They are also full of pictures of places, people and things from the lessons.
The courses we have done have only had two real negatives. One, I do not care for the way the history guides treat each other, especially in the Old Testament course. It is meant to be funny, but is just plain old disrespectful. Lots of eye rolling, belittling comments etc. between husbands and wives. I point this out to the children as not being acceptable.
The other issue was just with the OT course. We purchased the timeline cards (pictured above!) and I was quite horrified at some of the art that was used. Let's just say that some people in the pictures were lacking clothing. I worked around these few cards by printing out my own pictures and gluing them over the top of the picture on the card. Worked great! The cards were shown on the lessons online but were smaller and these issues weren't as noticeable.
Other than these two drawbacks, I highly recommend these lessons. They work wonderfully as a spine or outline to work from if you are able to add in other books. You can see sample lessons here and they are currently on sale!
Bob Jones Distance Learning Although it doesn't line up with my Charlotte Mason mindset, the distance learning program from Bob Jones is really quite excellent. It was a wonderful solution for us early on and my oldest even learned to read through their lessons. Some of the lessons are a bit long, but they are well done with teachers who are just exactly what you would hope your school teacher would be. They are similar to children's television programs with puppets, themes and props, but are Christian , even more educational and come with plenty of printed materials to go along with the programs (much of the paper stuff is optional and we only used a few workbooks).
We have only used the lower elementary levels, so I'm not sure what lessons are like for older children. The biggest drawback is the price. They aren't cheap, but they do have a payment plan option. The other drawback is Mr. Nice Guy on the Kindergarten program. He is quite babyish and rather disturbing. In real life, I wouldn't let him near my kids. In the lessons he just pops in once in awhile, thankfully. You can view sample lessons here.
Teaching Textbooks We haven't actually used these, but the reviews are excellent. We are already using Math U See, but if we weren't, I would go this route.
Math U See I am very happy with Math U See. Short, well taught video lessons that the children enjoy and work books and math blocks to go along with the lessons.
Netflix Not something I recommend, per say, but a very useful tool that has gotten us through many difficult days when I truly haven't been able to do more than lay on the couch or in bed. I appreciate the fact that they allow you to have different users on the same account, so the children have their own which goes directly to the "Kids" section and avoids any unpleasant stuff on the home page. Some of our favorite programs are Curious George, Busy Town Mysteries, Leap Frog, Blues Clues, Country Mouse City Mouse, Fireman Sam and How it's Made. Daniel Tiger gets watched too, but he is only favored by a few, short minority. A couple of those shows aren't currently on Netflix, but I'm hoping they will be again. Again, these aren't necessarily recommendations - more just a list of the best options we have found when I need the children to be able to just sit and watch stuff, while I keep an eye or an ear close by. There are also a ton of educational movies and documentaries, but some of those you might need to preview first or watch with your children.
Liberty's Kids This is an excellent, very well done series that we just discovered. The children love it and I am impressed. I'd say it is the video equivalent of a living book. The children laugh and talk about Lafayette and what a cheerful undaunted fellow he was, they speak with awe and respect of George Washington and they were horrified at the betrayal of Benedict Arnold. (They did not know his story and the series does a masterful job of leading up to his treachery. The children were shocked when he turned out to be a traitor and it made quite an impression.) This series has spurred lots of interest and reading now on the American War for Independence .The DVD iscurrently on sale at Amazon for only $5.00 for the entire series! Definitely a great deal. Highly recommended!
I Can Do All Things Art Lessons We have only done the first few lessons, but they were a hit. This is a set of 4 DVDs for beginning drawing and painting. These set off a drawing frenzy in our house!
Song School Latin Highly recommended! The book and CD are excellent as is the DVD. The workbook is very nicely laid out, the songs are well done and pleasant to listen to and the DVD gives even more information. All gently, but effectively, taught. I have been very happy with anything I have purchased from Classical Academic Press. I also highly recommend Song School Latin Vol. 2 Book, CD and DVD.
God's Great Covenant Also from Classical Academic Press. This is a great Bible study program, nicely laid out in workbook form. It could be done by a child individually or as a family. It also comes with the Bible stories from the book in downloadable MP3 format.
My Audio School This website is full of public domain books in audio format. Each book is laid out chapter by chapter or as a complete download , along with lots of illustrations that correspond with the book. Some of the content is free and the rest is available for a very low yearly subscription.
Exploring Creation from Apologia I love this series so far. Only one book is available on audio at the moment, but others are in the works and I am very much looking forward to that!
Mystery of History We are not currently using this, but now that Volumes 1-3 are available in audio format I am hoping to incorporate it.
Jonathan Park Our children love these and have learned so much science through these exciting, but highly educational, adventures. Highly recommended!
Audible.com Audible is a treasure trove of well-recorded audio children's books and classical literature. They offer multiple download options, or you can listen right from the computer. You can join for a free, month long trial.
Jim Hodges Audio Books A wonderful collection of classic literature, beautifully read! I especially recommend Stories of the Pilgrims, one of our family favorites.
Audio Memory My siblings and I listened to the songs from Audio Memory back when we were being homeschooled and I can still sing the states and countries! We also carried them in our family's homeschool bookstore and they were customer favorites. Planning to use these this year with my own children.
Language Lessons This wonderful workbook series by Sandi Queen teaches phonics, grammar, copywork, poetry, picture study (with full color paintings) and narration in simple, short lessons. The older ones can easily do them on their own and for the little ones the lessons are so short and easy that I can manage them on a day where I am feeling better.
You are the mother. You are the teacher. You might not know the subject as well as the author of the material, but you do know your child much better. You are not teaching a generic classroom of averages, but your own house of individuals. Your job isn't to pull them through the gauntlet laid out by the curriculum, but to determine your curriculum – the path you take – and use the materials as means to get there, always being the one in the driver's seat.
What are some resources you have found helpful in your own homeschool?
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Tori Kelly: 'Solitude' EP Review
by Madison Hunt
Tori Kelly did what she needed to do in her latest EP. Solitude is a compilation of five songs that individualize themselves from the other.
Kelly's a veteran to the industry with a 10 plus year career under her belt. She's created a platform that encompasses the rejuvenation for the need for lyricism, vocals, and instrumentation.
The soft strums of the guitar bring Value into fruition, accents of an early 2000's energy that brings back the nostalgia. Kelly's voice alone is the sound, but adding the accents of guitar strums we know this is a Kelly original.
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The story behind the song grasps the monument in self-worth. Kelly's lyrics emphasize that boundaries in loving oneself create an ambiance of empowerment. That being hurt, is better than being used.
Floetically falling into Don't Take Me Home, a love song based on the comfort of being in one's lover arms. Her first liner: "I love being close enough to hear you breathing/Sneaking little kisses for no reason," really gauges the listener about the value of the little things in love.
She made this EP in the comfort of 'solitude'. In the state of quarantine, finding peace and tranquility is very fluid, but Kelly brings it back to the simple things. It resembles a "young love", where the attachment is strong when facing the world together.
"We could drive around until we get lost, dancing' in the grass with our shoes off."
But what is exponential in this song is not the lyrics, it's her runs. You can really appreciate the growth of Kelly as an artist, even as a veteran she continues to challenge herself and push her limits vocally. Especially towards the end of the song, she doesn't hold back as she gracefully ends.
Tori Kelly lives in the perfect pocket of existence. As her career unfolded she met the people to expand her artistry. Gospel, Pop, and R&B-soul all under her belt she is one of the few artists out there that have mastered it all.
Time Flies was individually peaceful. This song really shows her range as she's able to cover a mainstream song, and put her own personal touch. Given that it's Drake's single, she makes it completely unrecognizable.
Collaboratively, the guitar and her voice is really all any of her songs need. It relates back to her old music like Paper Hearts, something simple in production, while her voice carries it the entire way through.
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Surface level Unbother seems like another upbeat pop song, but as the song progresses it becomes a three in one combo. Kelly gave us a dual perspective of her identity as an artist, the generic pop music that she once produced and the soul energy that started her career.
Kelly wasn't holding back with her runs, she made sure to give her listeners exactly what she wanted. But this ties into her previous theme of self-worth.
Her lyrics touch on empowerment, and choosing happiness, as she shifts into her breakdown in the song. She gave a spoken word breakdown, with effortless runs to follow. We get the best of both Kelly; the soul and the surface.
Ending the EP with Glad, is a love song to her husband. Kelly's vulnerability in this song made it stronger, gauging that the loss of her husband would be devastating. She dives into their relationship, all the trials and tribulations that most couples go through. But at the same time giving all thanks for loving her the way he does.
Kelly does something different though, she takes accountability for all the things she does wrong, but is still working on. The song 'humanizes' her giving relatable content that her listeners will be able to relate to.
In Solitude she created a piece that has value, in lyrics, in production, and in vocals. Kelly made this EP as a coming of age piece. Paying homage to the music that started her career, while expanding beyond her limits and range. You can really gauge her artistry improving as we see an entirely individualized vibe in 'solitude'.
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How the IMF Can Battle Gradual Irrelevance
by Mohamed A. El-Erian of Project Syndicate, 11/19/19
NEW YORK – This year, I didn't attend the October annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, DC. Instead, I paid close attention to reports of the gathering and talked to people who were there whom I respect. What emerged is depressing for the wellbeing of the global economy. In particular, the prospect of continued weakness and fragmentation pressures will compound the challenges to the credibility and effectiveness of multilateral institutions.
The convening power of the IMF and the World Bank is unquestionably strong, if not unique. Every year, their annual meetings attract top economic and financial officials from more than 180 countries, as well as a far larger number of private-sector representatives. It's an exceptional global gathering, not only for officials to exchange views but also for corporate networking.
Over the last few years, the official meetings have increasingly been overshadowed by the ever-growing number of parallel events, notably diminishing the gathering's contribution to better policymaking. In fact, this year, I couldn't find a single person who had paid much attention to a key policy output of the meetings – the communiqués issued by the two institutions' top policymaking committees.
This is in stark contrast to the past. I vividly remember the days, not so long ago, when officials prepared diligently for these policy discussions. Private-sector participants would eagerly await their outcome in the hope of gaining a better understanding of the global economic outlook and the prospects for key national and international policy initiatives. Markets were known to move on particular remarks, which is why officials would spend hours refining the communiqués, lest they be misinterpreted.
The charitable reading of this change is that the substance has shifted to the parallel events. Consider the IMF. The communiqué of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the Fund's top member-country policymaking panel, is preceded by the release of two flagship IMF publications on economic and financial trends (respectively, the World Economic Outlook and the Global Financial Stability Report). These are supplemented by press conferences and speeches involving many Fund officials. The themes are then picked up in a host of seminars, as well as in presentations by national officials. As a result, many policy implications are covered well before the IMFC meets.
Yet, as much as I respect and admire the multilaterals, and I have done so for decades, I fear that this explanation is too partial. Yes, the IMF maintains an impressive analytical edge, owing to its talented and dedicated staff as well as its unique links to countries. Yes, it has made important strides in improving its understanding of the relationship between financial markets and the real economy. And, yes, it has bravely taken the lead in shining more light on the economic impact of gender inequality and climate change. But its forward-looking analyses have too often proved to be backward-looking, and its quantitative projections have consistently been subject to considerable revisions.
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Report Links Waste Dumper to US Scandal
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The Taiwanese firm involved in the toxic-waste dumping case in Sihanoukville has been implicated in a US White House campaign finance scandal, according to a scathing report by a coalition of environmental groups.
The groups have asked US Attorney General Janet Reno and congressman Dan Burton, chairman of the US House of Representatives Government Oversight Committee, to investigate Formosa Plastics Inc in relation to campaign finance issues and regulatory leniency.
"Formosa Plastics officials are adept at manipulating politicians and political processes to avoid true public accountability, and to maximize profits, even at the risk to public or worker safety," said the report, released last week.
Formosa officials could not be reached for comment.
According to evidence cited in the report, Winston Wang, vice president of a key Formosa subsidiary Nan Ya Plastics, may have illegally channeled as much as $100,000 to the Democratic National Committee through Yah Lin "Charlie" Trie, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance abuse charges earlier this year.
The report questions whether Formosa's alleged campaign contributions were to gain regulatory leniency or approval for projects in the US states of South Carolina, Texas and Louisiana.
The group also said in its report that Formosa Plastics and its subsidiary have paid more than $4 million in fines since the 1980s in Texas, Lousiana and Delaware for failing to comply with environmental laws.
In addition, about 30 lawsuits were filed in the 1980s against Formosa Plastics' Texas plant, accusing the company of demanding favors and money for contractors to work on a $1.3 billion expansion project, according to the report. In a letter to the FBI, the company admitted kickbacks had taken place after contractors began complaining.
Formosa became well known in Cambodia late last year after nearly 3,000 tons of mercury-tainted waste produced by the company was shipped from Taiwan to Cambodia. The scandal resulted in alleged illnesses, the suspension of dozens of government officials, riots and an exodus of thousands of people from Sihanoukville.
Funcinpec officials said shortly after the dump was discovered that Prince Norodom Ranariddh was informed that a $3 million bribe had been paid to officials to allow the waste into Cambodia.
Formosa officials denied the bribery allegations.
Although no Formosa officials were charged in the case, two Taiwanese from the shipping company under contract by Formosa were convicted and sentenced in absentia to five years in prison and ordered to pay fines totaling $480,000.
The toxic waste has since been shipped back to Taiwan. Various US-based operations are now under consideration for disposal of the waste, including facilities in Nevada, Idaho and Texas.
Steven Iddings, an environmental engineer with the World Health Organization in Cambodia, said Formosa's activities in the US are expected given its reputation in Cambodia. "Their record here is no good, so it's not a surprise they have a bad record elsewhere," he said.
Om Yentieng, an adviser to Prime Minister Hun Sen who negotiated with Formosa after the toxic-waste scandal was made public, declined to comment on the US report. "We are not Taiwanese and we are not the US government," he said.
Ang Vong Vathana, director of cabinet for co-Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, said he was not aware of Formosa's background and was a little bit surprised that the company had an extensive list of allegations against it. "I don't know anything about this," he said.
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The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) Ladies Association has donated assorted items to their mother organization to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, in
Atomic Energy Commission Donate €82,982.62 Worth of Equipment to MOH
The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) on Thursday, May 14, donated ₵10,000.00 cash and several equipment to the tune of €82,982.62 to the Ministry of
Research Scientists Donate PPE's to Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) Hospital
The leadership of Research Scientists from the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, on Wednesday, May 6, donated some Personal Protective Equipment
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Diagnostic Medical imaging is the technique and process of creating visual representations of the interior of a body (Anatomical) for clinical analysis and medical intervention,
BNARI Gets New Director
The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) appointed Dr. Micheal Yao Osae as the new Director of the Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute (BNARI) in
People of Wenchi From A Hole – GAEC Scientist
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Scientists call for Nuclear Technology in Energy, Health Sectors
The Research Scientists Association (RSA) of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) has ended its three day celebrations with a call on government and major
Deputy Minister Calls for more Women inclusion in Competency Based Training (CBT)
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Atomic Energy Commission inaugurates radon monitoring laboratory
The Radiation Protection Institute (RPI), through the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), has inaugurated a Radon laboratory with a state-of-the-art Radosys Radometer 2000 equipment for
"I am always Motivated when I enter Atomic Energy Commission" – Minister
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Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Commissions 3 Research Facilities at GAEC
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If you're not on Mike Cohn's email list, you should get signed up. Mike's commentary and advice about Scrum and it's implementation always seems to be timely. One of those emails hit my Inbox yesterday, and I thought I would 1). Plug Mike's email/blog 2). Share the email below 3). Add my own 2 cents.
Because Mike's email is an interesting read on it's own, I am going to include it in it's entirety below for you to read and digest. In my next post, I will add my two cents by publish my own color commentary.
You need to tell a stakeholder that they can't introduce a change into the process.
Team members insist they talk often enough and don't really need a daily scrum every day.
Someone questions the need to get product backlog items done by the end of the sprint.
Some big boss wants to borrow two people for a special project.
Scrum Masters are often put in the position of having to argue with a boss or other powerful person within the organization in cases like these. So saying no in these situations can be difficult.
When you have a hard message to deliver (like telling a stakeholder the team can't slip in a change "just this once"), a good way to deliver the message is by blaming the process.
I wish we could do that. But we're using a new process and it says we can't. And since we're new to the process, we've all agreed that we'd do it by the book until we've done it enough that we know what changes to the process are appropriate to make.
By blaming the process, you shift the target of someone's frustration from you to the process itself. If the person accepts the premise of following a process by the book until the team has sufficient experience, the person has to accept the conclusion.
In addition to advising Scrum Masters to respond this way, I've also had good success over the years having team members deliver the same message.
This is a much easier message to deliver than expecting a developer to deliver an outright "no" message to the stakeholder.
And, stated this way, it's also a good thing for the product. Blaming the process will either redirect a conversation toward a Scrum Master or product owner or it will force the requestor to be frustrated with the process rather than an individual team member.


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Schumer: I don't know any 'Democrat who agrees' with O'Rourke on gun seizures
By Aris Folley - 09/19/19 07:54 AM EDT
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Charles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerSchumer votes against USMCA, citing climate implications Senators are politicians, not jurors — they should act like it GOP senator: 2020 candidates must recuse themselves from impeachment trial MORE (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday told reporters that he doesn't "know of any other Democrat who agrees" with Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke's proposal to confiscate assault-style weapons.
"I don't know of any other Democrat who agrees with Beto O'Rourke Beto O'RourkeTrump mocks Booker over suspended presidential campaign Julián Castro endorses Warren in 2020 race Klobuchar faces make-or-break Iowa sprint after strong debate MORE, but it's no excuse not to go forward," Schumer told reporters on a conference call Wednesday, according to the Times Union of Albany, N.Y.
The minority leader's comments come as a number of Democrats have come out in opposition to O'Rourke's proposed mandatory buyback program for assault-style weapons.
The former Texas congressman captured headlines with fiery comments he made about the proposal at the Democratic primary debate last week, saying, "Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47."
Sen. Christopher Coons Christopher (Chris) Andrew CoonsDemocrats scramble to rein in Trump's Iran war powers Administration officials defend Trump claims, Soleimani intelligence as senators push back on briefing Sunday shows - Administration officials grilled on Trump's Iran claims MORE (D-Del.) was one of the first Democrats to come out against O'Rourke's plan.
A day after the debate, Coons, who has backed former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenLev Parnas implicates Rick Perry, says Giuliani had him pressure Ukraine to announce Biden probe Ex-Obama official on Sanders-Warren feud: 'I don't think it played out well for either of them' Parnas says he doesn't think that Joe Biden did anything wrong regarding Ukraine MORE in the Democratic race, warned that O'Rourke's proposal would be "played for years at Second Amendment rallies with organizations that try to scare people by saying that Democrats are coming for your guns."
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who is also a Democratic presidential candidate, said over the weekend that he thinks the Texas Democrat played into the GOP's hands with the comments.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told reporters on Wednesday that O'Rourke is "not taking my guns away from me" when asked about the program.
"Beto's one human being," Manchin said. "He gave his own opinion, OK? I think it was very harmful to make it look like all the Democrats. I can tell you one thing: Beto O'Rourke's not taking my guns away from me. You tell Beto that OK?"
O'Rourke's proposal during the debate also got pushback from President Trump Donald John TrumpLev Parnas implicates Rick Perry, says Giuliani had him pressure Ukraine to announce Biden probe Saudi Arabia paid 0 million for cost of US troops in area Parnas claims ex-Trump attorney visited him in jail, asked him to sacrifice himself for president MORE, who said the lawmaker's comments "made it much harder" for his administration to "make a deal" with Congress on potential gun legislation in the wake of recent mass shootings.
"Convinced many that Dems just want to take your guns away. Will continue forward!" he added.
While discussing some of the criticism he's received from Democrats in particular on Wednesday, O'Rourke accused many in the party of being "complicit in what we see right now."
"I mean, the Republicans are the most obstinate and the most obstructionist and the most in the pockets of the NRA, but it's been a bipartisan problem that the Centers for Disease Control couldn't even study gun violence, that here we are in 2019 and we still don't have universal background checks or 'red flag' laws or we allowed the assault weapons ban to expire, even though it did so much good and saved so many lives," the former Texas congressman told CNN.
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